Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-03-30

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the rights of fishermen, or spend weary
nights in writing articles on seacoast de-
fenses, and in hunting up difficult propo-
sitions for the next civil service examina-
ton? Why do they not before it is too
late and the evil is upon US, turn their
attention to the all important question of
the chimpanzee Cor. ~ Y. Graphic.
THE CAVALRY SERVICE.
"People have an idea that the recruiting
offices of the United States army take
most anybody who comes along," said a
newly-enlisted man in the cayalry service
to a reporter. "But this is q great mis-
take. took pains to find out something
about this when 1 entered my application
and learned that only about one man in
thirty of those who apply to enter the
cavalry service are able to successfully
pass examination. Last month out of
forty-four who applied only eight were
accepted. Instead of jumping at man,
as people suppose, they put him through
the most rigid and thorough examina-
tions, and after it all they ask him over
and over if he is sure he knows his own
mind and is fully satisfied to give his SER
vices wholly to the army for five years.
You have got to be sound mentally and
physically, and your eyesight and hearing
are put to very severe tests. The way they
tried my eyesight was this. A man hold
ing pack of cards stood at distance of
twenty feet from me and the doctor put one
hand over one of my eyes. The man with
the cards held up one after ranother in quick
succession, and | had to call off the num-
ber of spots on each card. If you fail in
telling one card correctly you are rejected.
In testing my hearing they turned me so
that my back was towards the man at the
other end of the room and the doctor placed
his hand over one Of my ears. Then the
man called off, in low, monotonous tones
an improved and incorrect multiplication
table, such as times is 3G, etc., and you
must repeat what he says without the
slightest hesitation. Men often get caught
at this, hearing only part and supplying
the rest as if it were correct multiplica-
ton. learned too, that some men du-
ring the five years save as much as 81 900,
becoming teachers and doing extra duty
tor which there is extra pay. Others lend
money on interest to their comrades and
make good deal of money that way.
Besides this there is sort of savings bank
established by the government which
pays interest to the soldiers. One can also
save on the allowance for clothing and
the home fare allowed after your term
of enlistment is over. Three-quarters of
the Western ranchmen, I am told, are ex-
soldiers who have invested their sayings
in land out there. A great many who
enlist in the cavalry are we'll educated
college-bred men,"
How LIGHTNING is KINDLED.-It is
no uncommon thing for the electrical force
emanating from cloud to make itself felt
in attractions and repulsions many miles
away. Clouds resting upon the remote
horizon thus frequently produce percepti.
BILE efforts at distances from which the
clouds themselves can not be seen. An
electrical cloud hanging mile above the
ground acts inductively upon that ground
with considerable power. When in sum-
mer time the temperature of the earth's
surface isvery great, the ground moist, the
air calm and the sky clear, very copious
supplies of vapor are steamed up from the
ground under the hot sunshine.
Clouds, however, begin at length to
gather in elevated regions of the air out
of the abundance of the supply. The
free electricity which has been carried
up with the vapor is at first pretty evenly
spread through the clouds; but after a
time, as the electrical charge becomes
more and more intense, powerful repul-
sive force is in the end established be-
tween the spherules of the mist, and very
high degree of tension is at last produced
at the outer surface of the cloud, where it
is enyeloped by insulating air, until in the
expansive energy there becomes strong
enough to occasion an outburst from the
cloud. The escape of the redundant charge
then appears to an observers eye as a
flash of lightning issuing from the cloud.
Such, in its simplest form, is the way in
which lightning Is kindled in the storm
cloud.-Science for All.
WHAT Is A JUBILEE?-Every one is
talking or reading about the Queens Ju-
bilee. Now, I wonder whether you all
know what the jubilee means. AS regards
her Majesty, the matter is simple enough.
Queen Victoria assembled the throne on the
Goth of June, 1887, 80 that by the Goth of
June, 1887, she will have reigned over
England fifty years. Now the fiftieth
year was very important, almost a
sacred year among the Jews. Moses had
laid it down, as Divine command, that
after every forty-nine years the land was
not to be soWn or reaped, debts which
could not be paid owing to poverty were
to be cancelled, slaves were to be set free,
and the land was to be restored to its
original holders. The fiftieth year was to
be hallowed, and liberty proclaimed
throughout the land to all the inhabitants.
The name jubilee arose from the fact that
the year was announced at the close of
harvest by blast on rams horn or zobel.
This great holiday was never strictly held.
and fell at last into disuse, because it was
found (or supposedly not to be workable.
But the name remained, and is common
ly employed to denote the fiftieth ami
versary of an event of vast public or pri-
vate interest. Now, I think you will see
what the Queens Jubilee means. 1t is
fifty years nearly since her accession, and
as this event is both rare in itself and re-
calls the Jewish festival, it is natural that
her subjects should desire to signalize her
jubilee in some special manner.-Lane
Folks.
BUSINESS AND RELIGIoN.-A wealthy,
irreligious, shrewd business man in 1lli-
nois, was approached by member of the
Church of Christ for a subscription to-
wards building meeting house. He
cheerfully put down his name for $500,
and then remarked, II give that as good
business investment. I would rather
give 5000 every year than not to have the
gospel preached in this community"
How is that ?" he was asked. "You
do not pay any heed to the gospel, Why
are you interested in having tpreached ?"
ooh" he replied, II live here with my
family, and my property is around here !;
without the influences of Christianity the
condition of society would become such
that neither property nor life would be
safe. I would not be willing to live. in
any community where the gospel was not
preachedw
These views of hard.headed man of